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Teucrium polium
Also called Felty Germander
Poley is a low, woolly-leaved sub-shrub from the western Mediterranean, valued in cooking and herbal medicine. It thrives in hot, dry, sunny spots with excellent drainage.
Teucrium polium, known popularly as felty germander, is a sub-shrub and herb native to the western Mediterranean region (Albania, North Macedonia, Spain, France, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia). Its flowers are small and range from pink to white, and its leaves are used in cooking and for medicine.
African Woodsage · Wall germander · Small coastal germander · Shrubby germander · Mountain germander · Pyrenean Germander · Woodland germander · Teucrium trifidum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Teucrium polium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
